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<p>The Baton Rouge Blues Festival,&nbsp;April 9 and 10&nbsp;this year, has snagged a big blues star.</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Pointe </span>Coupee<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> Parish Native Buddy Guy is among the great names in the festival’s history. Guy is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee; winner of six Grammy Awards; and recipient of the Presidential National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors and Billboard Century Award.</span></p><p>Thu, 07 Apr 2016 20:30:00 +0000John Wirt54047 at http://wrkf.orgBuddy Guy Headlines Blues FestFronting Arrested Development, Whether Near or Farhttp://wrkf.org/post/fronting-arrested-development-whether-near-or-far
<p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The Atlanta-based group </span><a href="http://arresteddevelopmentmusic.com" style="line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">Arrested Development</a><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> hit it big in 1992 with its debut album pioneering hip hop with a message.</span></p><p>Arrested Development disbanded for a while, then came back together about 15 years ago. And, as frontman Speech told WRKF's Amy Jeffries when he called in to the newsroom, they’ve been working mostly overseas since then.</p><p>They came back from a tour in Japan just in time to perform at the <a href="http://www.batonrougebluesfestival.org/" target="_blank">Baton Rouge Blues Festival</a> this Saturday, April 11. Arrested Development will be talking more with WRKF's Amy Jeffries Backstage at Blues Fest at 2:45 p.m.</p><p>Thu, 09 Apr 2015 21:46:50 +0000Amy Jeffries 40054 at http://wrkf.orgFronting Arrested Development, Whether Near or FarLil Buck Sinegal: 'With the Blues, You Can Express Yourself'http://wrkf.org/post/lil-buck-sinegal-blues-you-can-express-yourself
<p>Lil Buck Sinegal, a Louisiana Music Hall of Famer, started playing as a kid in Lafayette on a Harmony box guitar before his father, a cement finisher, bought him an electric guitar -- paid for in installments of $10 a week.</p><p>Buck played in zydeco legend Clifton Chenier's band for 17 years, and he says it was Chenier who taught him the blues.</p><p></p><p>Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:41:40 +0000Amy Jeffries 25033 at http://wrkf.orgLil Buck Sinegal: 'With the Blues, You Can Express Yourself'Postcard from Baton Rouge Blues Festhttp://wrkf.org/post/postcard-baton-rouge-blues-fest
<p>The Memphis Blues, the Chicago Blues, the Mississippi Delta Blues have all had their fair share of the spotlight. But what about the Baton Rouge Blues? &nbsp;-- the Swamp Blues?&nbsp;</p><p>This weekend the Baton Rouge Blues Foundation hosted its annual festival downtown to celebrate the music of our city.</p><p>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:36:25 +0000Claire Ohlsen8968 at http://wrkf.orgPostcard from Baton Rouge Blues FestFRIDAY: State Representative Katrina Jackson, DIG Magazine's Chris Brookshttp://wrkf.org/post/friday-state-representative-katrina-jackson-dig-magazines-chris-brooks
<p>State Representative Katrina Jackson (D-Monroe) talks with Jim about issues and proposed legislation coming in the 2013 Legislative session, which starts Monday at noon.</p><p>A visit with Chris Brooks, of DIG Magazine, to chat about the upcoming Baton Rouge Blues Festival and other local hot topics.</p><p> Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:05:42 +0000Jim Engster8453 at http://wrkf.org